The Christian is called upon to be the partner of God in the work of the conversion of men.

William Barclay

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 12:1-2
The English Standard Version

If you take the smallest steps toward God, he will take very large steps toward you.

Jay DeMarcus

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Evil is the footstool of good, and there is no absolute evil.

Israel Baal Shem-Tov

Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.  For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.”

Luke 9:23-24
The New International Version

Wherever souls are being tried and ripened, in whatever commonplace and homely way, there God is hewing out the pillars of His temple.

Phillips Brooks

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Faith knows itself to be weak and uncertain, and yet, like the reed it will survive the storm better than the proud oak.  It knows that in this world it can never penetrate all the unfathomable mysteries of God, and yet, however tiny the light it receives from him, this is the only light that can really show it the way.

Paul Tournier

 “Don’t misunderstand why I have come.  I did not come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets.  No, I came to accomplish their purpose.  I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not even the smallest detail of God’s law will disappear until its purpose is achieved.”

Matthew 5:17-18
The New Living Translation

The surest method of arriving at a knowledge of God’s eternal purposes about us is to be found in the right use of the present moment.  Each hour comes with some little fagot of God’s will fastened upon its back.

F. W. Faber

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Look on little deeds as great, on account of Christ, who dwells in us, and watches our life; look on great deeds as easy, on account of His great power.

Blaise Pascal

In the book written by the prophet Isaiah, God announced that he would send his Son to earth, and that a special messenger would arrive first to prepare the world for his coming.  “This messenger will live out in the barren wilderness,” Isaiah said, “and will proclaim that everyone must straighten out his life to be ready for the Lord’s arrival.”  This messenger was John the Baptist.  He lived in the wilderness and taught that all should be baptized as a public announcement of their decision to turn their backs on sin, so that God could forgive them.

Mark 1:2-4
The Living Bible

Open hands should characterize the soul’s attitude towards God—open to receive what he wants to give, open to give back what he wants to take.

Elisabeth Elliot

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Resolved to live with all my might while I do live, and as I shall wish I had done ten thousand ages hence.

Jonathan Edwards

He who obeys a command will meet no harm, and the mind of a wise man will know the time and way.

Ecclesiastes 8:5
The Revised Standard Version

Don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.

Satchel Paige

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The distinctive element in Christian ethics is the primacy of love, the self-giving love that is known fully to Christian faith in the cross of Christ.

John Bennett

Now it happened as He went to Jerusalem that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.  Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off.  And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”  So when He saw them, He said to them, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.”  And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed.  And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God, and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks.  And he was a Samaritan.  So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed?  But where are the nine?  Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?”  And He said to him, “Arise, go your way.  Your faith has made you well.”

Luke 17:11-19
The New King James Version

We’re not to figure things out.  We’re to work things out.  The Lord has already figured it out.

Unknown

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I feel it is far better to begin with God, to see His face first, to get my soul near Him before it is near another.  In general it is best to have at least one hour alone with God before engaging in anything else.

E. M. Bounds

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.  And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

Matthew 19:23-24
The King James Version

The Christian is not one who has gone all the way with Christ.  None of us has.  The Christian is one who has found the right road.

Charles Allen

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Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.

Corrie ten Boom

“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven; give, and it will be given to you.  Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap.  For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”

Luke 6:37-38
The English Standard Version

The heart benevolent and kind
The most resembles God.

Robert Burns

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The devil has power to suggest evil, but he was not given the power to compel you against your will.

Cyril of Jerusalem

What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them?  Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food.  If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?  In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.

James 2:14-17
The New International Version

Apart from Christ we know neither what our life nor our death is; we do not know what God is nor what we ourselves are.

Blaise Pascal

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Living is death; dying is life.  On this side of the grave we are exiles, on that, citizens; on this side, orphans; on that, children; on this side, captives; on that, freemen; on this side disguised, unknown; on that, disclosed and proclaimed as the sons of God.

H. W. Beecher

“I am the good shepherd.  The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep.  A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming.  He will abandon the sheep because they don’t belong to him and he isn’t their shepherd.  And so the wolf attacks them and scatters the flock.  The hired hand runs away because he’s working only for the money and doesn’t really care about the sheep.  I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me, just as my Father knows me and I know the Father.  So I sacrifice my life for the sheep.  I have other sheep, too, that are not in this sheepfold.  I must bring them also.  They will listen to my voice, and there will be one flock with one shepherd.”

John 10:11-16
The New Living Translation

An agnostic found himself in trouble, and a friend suggested he pray.  “How can I pray when I do not know whether or not there is a God?” he asked.  “If you are lost in the forest,” his friend replied, “you do not wait until you find someone before shouting for help.”

Dan Plies

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